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Lucy Kitson

Program Assistant and Policy Advisor

Lucy Kitson works as a Program Assistant and Policy Advisor in the IISD Geneva office. Her focus areas are Climate Change, Energy and Trade. She has over seven years’ experience in the Energy Sector, which includes five years working as a commercial analyst in the oil and gas industry and, more recently, in the renewables industry. Prior to this she worked as a researcher at University of Cambridge, focusing on the economics and deployment of renewable generation. Lucy has experience of sustainable development issues in the business environment, having worked at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) as a Project Officer, focusing on the Cement and Tyre Sectors. She also has a degree in Development Economics (MSc.) and work experience in India, China and Tanzania.

Wind Power in China: A cautionary taleThis reports looks at some of the challenges that China has faced in expanding wind power. It identifies the ways that the government has sought to address these challenges and offers recommendations to support expanded wind power in China and elsewhere.

Making Subsidy Reform Work for Women in NigeriaKerosene subsidies in Nigeria are inefficient and wasteful—but will kerosene subsidy reform disproportionately affect women, due its primary use as a household lighting and cooking fuel? This policy brief explores principles for making subsidy reform work for women in Nigeria.

India's Accelerated Depreciation Policy for Wind EnergyThis case study—one of a series of cautionary tales on renewable energy subsidies—examines how the policy of accelerated depreciation for wind power projects has affected the development of the wind power industry in India.